Some cards & a layout

Here are 2 cards I made using sketches from Lucy Chesna at mysketchworld.blogspot.com.  These are from sketches made for Sassy Scrappers Grand Opening Celebration.  They have lots of fun challenges going on over there all month, which has been great for me since I've needed something to get me going.

Then, this is a layout for my DT work at Triple the Sketch. This a picture of Cole from three years ago when we first moved to Borger.  In fact, he is playing in the boxes as I was unpacking them.  I can't believe  it's been three years already.  Time flies when you're having fun, right? ;) As always, thanks for looking!

Having fun in Chicago!

We are having lots of fun in Chicago this week! The conference is awesome! The weather stinks, but that has affected us too much.  I feel like all we've been doing though is sitting and eating.  I'll probably be 10 pounds heavier when we leave here tomorrow. 

We've heard some awesome speakers at Shift so far. We really enjoyed Mark Yaconelli and Shane Claiborn.  You need to check out their sites, especially if you work with students. 

We dedicate this child...

Yesterday was Caleb's Baby Dedication at church.  It was a special day for us! We took some pictures as a family and then took Cole and Connor back to the nursery.  I didn't think they would do well on stage at church.  Caleb was a little ham during the dedication.  I love the whole idea of the baby dedication saying to your church family you do all you can to raise up this child in the ways of the Lord.  How awesome!

             

Silly guys

This is a fun layout with a picture of my dad and Cole a couple of years ago.  I have tons of pictures of the 2 of them and this is the first one I've scrapped.  I could do an entire album about the 2 of them.  This layout is based on a sketch by Becky Fleck for the the Grand Opening Celebration over at Sassy Scrappers.

My first mini -album

I worked on this mini-album last weekend and finished it up this morning.  It was fun! I don't why I never did one before.  And yes, the last 2 pages look out of order, but I accidentally scrapped them upside-down.  But hey this is supposed to be about my life right now and it's a little upside at times. :) 

For all you scrappers out there, if you haven't done any mini albums, I encourage to do one.  It was lots of fun!

Blog tag & new pics posted

I posted several scrappy pages in my scrapbook photo album if you want to check it out.  Some are new and some are older ones that I never added to this blog.  I plan on adding some more pics of the boys to their photo album this afternoon as well.

Norma has tagged me. You must check our her blog and her awesome scrappy pages here: http://www.redrediris.blogspot.com/ .

Here are the rules to this blog tag fun:
1. Link to the person that tagged you and leave a comment on their Blog.
2. Post the rules on your Blog.
3. Share 7 random facts about yourself on your Blog
4. Tag 7 random people , linking to their Blog. Let each person know by leaving a comment on their Blog.


Random Facts about me:

1. I never thought I'd have three children, much less three boys, but I'm loving it and all the craziness that comes with it.

2. I can touch my tongue to my nose.  It's apparently a family trait as my brother can do it too.

3. I love to vacuum but hate mopping.

4. I've always wanted a nose ring though my hubby says never and thinks they're disgusting.

5. I'm 5'7" and have been since I was 13, so I was VERY tall back then.

6. I hate scary movies and am perfectly fine with a feel-good, happy ending movie that totally's unbelievable. like August Rush, which I watched last week and loved despite the bad reviews.

7. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ, more than anything and want others to love Him too.

Now I'm going to tag:

1. Nikki (my sis) in hopes that she'll update her blog with new pics of Jacob,

thequisenberrys.blogspot.com

2. Danni - you must check out her blog and her amazing cards

dannisdoodles.typepad.com

3. Shanna - she has a fun, awesome blog

mynextthirtyyears.com

4. Traci - I'm having fun getting to know her with Triple the Sketch

wishartscraps.typepad.com

5. Danielle - I love her scrappy stuff and her photographs

danielle-hereiam.blogspot.com

6. Lee - her running endeavor motivates me to get in shape

createalways.com

7. Marcee - another woman I'm getting to know through Triple the Sketch - so  fun

eachmomentisaplaceweveneverbeen.blogspot.com

Uh, mom... this is not the bathtub

I just love this picture of Caleb taking a bath in the kitchen sink.  The bathroom was in use so we made do.  He was like where am I?  But then he loved it. :)